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<H1>[mono-android] Too Expensive for Me</H1>
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<B>SRI</B>
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TITLE="[mono-android] Too Expensive for Me">srid68 at gmail.com
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<I>Sat Dec 3 09:51:25 EST 2011</I>
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<PRE>Hi,
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When compared to the cost of development man hour cost
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(25-100$/hr) to develop apps, Mono for Android is Cheap (16-4 hrs).
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Also note that the license is perpetual and only if you want to update
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with the newer version because you want to enhance your application,
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you need to renew.
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But I still agree with you that Barrier to entry should be
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reduced and hopefully Xamarin address this. Only when more and more
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apps get developed it will be better for everyone.
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One way to solve this issue may be to do Per App licensing
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(5-25$) where any one can upload a Mono for Android project and the
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system will compile it using a Production Licensed and give back a
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APK, which can be signed using their own key and be submitted to the
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Market Place. This should not be done by anyone other than Xamarin
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else we will be cannibalizing Xamarin Revenue.
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If you are prepared to develop using the Evaluation Version
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(It is dead slow) and at some point if you zip and send me your
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project files, I should be able to compile it using my production
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license and send you a Production Deployable APK which you can resign
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using standard jarsigner and submit it to the Market/deploy to your
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device.
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If you want to protect any part of your code, then just
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create a library project and submit only the dll reference in your
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main project without the library source, but I think I need the full
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project source (excluding the library source) to compile.
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This offer is open to everyone who want to see their
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performance of Mono For Android App on an actual Device before buying
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a Mono for Android License, but please don't misuse this to avoid
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paying Xamarin their just dues. The more and more Xamarin makes money,
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they can spend more and more on Resources to improve the product.
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I also hope that I am not violating any licenses in offering
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this help to members of this community.
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Best Regards,
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Sridharan Srinivasan
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www.arshu.com
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Alias Sri
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On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 6:16 PM, owaits <<A HREF="http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid">owaits at gmail.com</A>> wrote:
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><i> It is not normal that I post asking for something to be discounted but I
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</I>><i> think in this case it is valid. I really like the Mono for Android concept
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</I>><i> and I really want to support the project but for me the $400 price tag is
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</I>><i> simply too much and I can not justify purchasing the product. As I develop
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</I>><i> in C# it would be the ultimate solution for me.
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</I>><i>
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</I>><i> I develop a free application and it is just too much to afford especially
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</I>><i> considering it is only a years worth of support. So in a year I will have to
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</I>><i> pay again.
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</I>><i>
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</I>><i> I am writting this mainly to ask if you would consider another pricing tier
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</I>><i> maybe at $200 so that people like me can purchase your product and not have
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</I>><i> to look to learn java. Maybe you could also consider a Christmas sale? ;-)
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</I>><i>
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</I>><i> I really like this product and really want to use it but at the moment you
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</I>><i> are going to loose me as a customer.
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</I>><i>
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</I>><i> --
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</I>><i> View this message in context: <A HREF="http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/Too-Expensive-for-Me-tp5041349p5041349.html">http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/Too-Expensive-for-Me-tp5041349p5041349.html</A>
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</I>><i> Sent from the Mono for Android mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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</I>><i> _______________________________________________
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</I>><i> <A HREF="http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid">Monodroid at lists.ximian.com</A>
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--
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Sridharan Srinivasan
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Alias Sri
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Ph:(65)98255785/(65)63922439
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www.arshu.com
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